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Definition of Goddaughter
1. Noun. A female godchild.
Definition of Goddaughter
1. n. A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
Definition of Goddaughter
1. Noun. A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goddaughter
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Goddaughter
1. A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. Origin: AS. Goddohtor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goddaughter
Literary usage of Goddaughter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"... niece Margaret Parks, John McGarrah, goddaughter Geertruyd Crannell, sister
Margaret Gilmore, sister Mary, children of dec'd sisters Catherine and Jane, ..."
2. Christina Rossetti: A Biographical and Critical Study by Mackenzie Bell (1898)
"... Miss Lisa Wilson—Her goddaughter, Miss Ursula Hake—Her opinion as to cremation—Her
political proclivities—Her consciousness of evils in our social ..."
3. Portuguese Folk-tales by Consiglieri Pedroso, Henriquetta Monteiro, William Ralston Shedden Ralston, Folklore Society (Great Britain (1882)
"SAINT PETER'S goddaughter. There was a couple who had so many children that there
was no man left in that part of the country to be godfather. ..."
4. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1891)
"... Richard Hudleston Tin Pounds Her son Rii-hard Two Guineas her Daughter Mary
Two Guineas To my goddaughter Jane Hudleston Five Pounds Twelve Napkins and ..."
5. Genealogy of the family of Gresham by Granville William G. Leveson Gower (1883)
"I give to my goddaughter Jane Gresham the daughter of Leonard Gresham the sume of .
... goddaughter ..."
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